Chest pain: Communication of symptoms and history in a London emergency department

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 138-144

  Farmer, Steven A ^a   Roter, Debra L ^b   Higginson, Irene J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Disparities; Ethnicity; Medical decision making; Provider behavior

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CORONARY DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33748497350     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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